Surviving the Long Night: Starting from the Gas Station and Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 71 Metamorphosis: From Sunny Day to Busy Life

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Meng Lingshi grabbed her cloak and ripped it off forcefully, as if flipping a switch, and her body instantly disintegrated into small, black cubes.

These black cubes are no bigger than a thumb individually, but there are many of them, like a swarm of bees. Then, under some kind of force, these cubes increase in value, deform, and reconstruct.

In the blink of an eye, an excavator appeared where Meng Lingshi had been standing.

Before Lu Sheng could even react with surprise, the excavator disintegrated again, transforming back into Meng Lingshi.

"When she was still human, she was a construction-type awakener. After becoming a machine, that power mutated. She could no longer construct external objects, but she could construct herself."

Cheng Qiushui whispered to Lu Sheng:

"Golden Sunflower once deployed it to the battlefield several times, all to deal with my team. However, when it transforms into a weapon, it will indiscriminately annihilate friend and foe, and the reason for this is completely unknown from a technical point of view."

In the end, Golden Sunflower could only guess that it was because she had used the power of creation for destruction, thus angering the God of Myriad Machines.

What they needed was a versatile super weapon for the six fiends to use, to further enhance the power of those six behemoths, not an engineering machine.

"So, I was rendered useless."

Cheng Qiushui's voice wasn't loud, but Meng Lingshi still heard her and continued, picking up where Cheng Qiushui left off:

"I don't want to become an oversized knife or gun. They don't care because they don't want to live."

Lu Sheng knew that the "they" Meng Lingshi was referring to were the experimental personnel.

Cheng Qiushui smiled at this moment:

"It seems my intelligence was wrong. You can't decide what you become. The Golden Sunflower device has restricted your thoughts."

But once the shackles are transformed and reconstructed into something else, you temporarily gain freedom.

There was no curse from the God of All Machines; it was simply that you seized this moment of freedom and went on a killing spree.

Meng Lingshi nodded obediently. She looked at Lu Sheng and noticed that his expression was not very good.

"Boss, am I scary?"

Lu Sheng shook his head and asked what he was truly worried about:

"Do you use a lot of electricity?"

After witnessing Meng Lingshi's transformation process, he was delighted that the camp would have such a Transformer in the future, but he was also very worried that using it once would drain the entire camp's electricity.

"My reactor core is somewhat damaged, but as long as it doesn't explode, it can be transformed into small and medium-sized machines that can run continuously for 24 hours without any problems."

It would be even better if you could allow some rest breaks along the way.

Meng Lingshi gave Lu Sheng a reassuring answer, and Lu Sheng had no more doubts:

"That's good. Go back to your room and rest. Qiushui and Caiwei, you should get some rest too."

He waved his hand, dismissing the crowd on the spot, and led Meng Lingshi back to the house.

That night, Lu Sheng was supposed to sleep in the living room, while Meng Lingshi rested in his room.

But Jiang Shutong, who had seen Meng Lingshi's transformation, liked her even more. Using the excuse that her bed was quite big, she dragged Meng Lingshi to take a shower, changed her into her spare clothes, and even ordered a set of clothes that fit her size.

At dawn the next day, Lu Sheng woke up, drew back the curtains, saw a cluster of white light on the horizon, and exhaled a breath of stale air.

The rainy days are over.

An hour later, the bright sunlight shone on the earth, and several vehicles slowly drove into the camp.

Lu Sheng was somewhat surprised to see Sun Zhiyuan, who came to collect the remains of the ferocious beast, and Wei Fa, who came to deliver the goods, as well as the recycling team that had returned after fighting all night.

Qin Feng successfully rescued the customer this time, instead of retrieving the corpse, but the customer was also injured.

As soon as he returned to the camp, he carried the customer straight to Su Caiwei's residence, following Lu Sheng's instructions.

As usual, Sun Zhiyuan gave Lu Sheng a decent purchase price. Lu Sheng then hired several workers to help him move the carcasses of the ferocious beast.

The goods that Wei Fa delivered at this moment, the first batch of purchases decided at the finance meeting, included a large quantity of compressed food and emergency medicines.

"Jinghong, wake up! Get some people up and help unload the goods, or I can't guarantee you'll have anything to eat today."

Lu Sheng contacted the family members who had come last night through his terminal bracelet.

Ye Jinghong was the driver who spoke to Lu Sheng yesterday. He was also a member of the family. Lu Sheng assumed he was the leader of these people and directly assigned him the task.

What they said to him was both a threat and a reality: the camp's existing food reserves were simply not enough to support the sudden surge in the number of people. If the food that had been brought in wasn't unloaded from the trucks, everyone would go hungry.

About ten minutes later, Ye Jinghong led the men and women out of dormitory building number one, and many of them were still yawning.

However, once they reached Wei Fa's truck, they abandoned their casual demeanor and began unloading the cargo under Jiang Shutong's direction.

"Shutong, find a crane operator and move the two containers to the north side of the camp to use as a warehouse for now."

"Huh? The crane operator left at daybreak."

Jiang Shutong's answer surprised Lu Sheng. He looked around the camp and found that he could not find the crane.

At this moment, Meng Lingshi rushed out from beside Jiang Shutong. After understanding the situation, she stacked two containers together with one hand and carried them to the location Lu Sheng had indicated.

Sun Zhiyuan, who was near the northeast gate, was dumbfounded.

"What kind of expert has arrived at your camp this time?"

"This is the person who brought me the golden sunflower."

Upon hearing this, Sun Zhiyuan looked as if he completely understood and continued moving the ferocious beast's carcass.

With more people, the camp operated much faster. By the time Lu Sheng saw Sun Zhiyuan off, more than half of the goods loaded onto the truck had already been unloaded.

Jiang Shutong directed the new young people in an orderly manner. One team unloaded the goods on the truck, another team received the goods under the truck, one team was responsible for pulling the trailer for transportation, and another team was specifically responsible for transporting the medicines and medical equipment that Su Caiwei needed.

Before noon, the entire truck had been unloaded. Before leaving, Wei Fa made a special trip to see Lu Sheng.

"Brother Lu, the scrap steel issue is settled. My friend is willing to act as an intermediary to help with the procurement. How much do you need?"

"What price did he offer?"

Wei Fa gave Lu Sheng a price quote, and Lu Sheng did a quick calculation and found it was 30% cheaper than buying steel coils directly.

"This price is reasonable. What about the deposit?"

"10% deposit"

Lu Sheng immediately transferred 10% of the deposit to Wei Fa. According to the estimate, this time they could buy about twenty units of steel.

Upon receiving the deposit, Wei Fa's expression immediately turned serious:

"Don't worry, Brother Lu, the goods will arrive tomorrow."

After seeing Wei Fa off, Lu Sheng waved to Jiang Shutong again:

"Shutong, has your uncle replied yet?"

"My uncle happens to have a shipment on hand. Since the camp allows overnight stays, he has chosen a freight company known for its fast delivery. The armored cables will be delivered tomorrow."

Jiang Shutong glanced at her uncle's reply and reported the situation to Lu Sheng:

"He is currently purchasing these household items, such as mattresses, bedding, and pillows, and it will probably take about two days for them to arrive."